The Landscape Institute has announced the winners
of the annual Landscape Institute Awards 2018.
From 163 entries, the winners
highlight an array of projects which focus on landscape design, community,
sustainability and innovative thinking.
The diversity of the projects showcases the efforts the
profession makes to protect and develop the landscape.
The Awards Ceremony on Thursday 22 November at The Brewery in
London celebrates those who are at the forefront of the profession, leading new
work in the fields of design, community engagement and health and wellbeing
across both the UK and internationally.
Adam White,
President of the Landscape Institute comments: “From a quarry in Shanghai to a
21st century back garden in Elephant and Castle, landscape practitioners are
leading the way in combatting climate change, creating places where people want
to live and connecting people, place and nature.
"The
Landscape Institute Awards celebrate the contribution made by the landscape
profession to creating a better world and this year’s crop of award-winning
projects sets a new standard in design, management and planning.”
Mathew
Haslam, Managing Director of Hardscape, headline sponsor of the Awards,
comments: "Hardscape has supported the Landscape Institute Awards
since 2006 when the first event was hosted by BBC presenter, Evan Davis.
"Since
then the numbers attending the Awards have doubled, becoming a major event in
the annual calendar for landscape professionals. We are delighted to have been
involved for the past eleven years. The 2018 shortlist in particular
really shows what landscape design can achieve in transforming our outdoor
spaces and the impact this can have on creating communities,
encouraging interaction
and improving wellbeing for the people
who use them.”
Dame Sylvia Crowe Award
New this
year, the Dame Sylvia Crowe Award for Outstanding International Contribution to
People, Place & Nature is the first Award open to individuals and
organisations globally. The Landscape Institute is pleased to announce that the
winner is Quarry Garden in Shanghai Chenshan
Botanical Garden by Beijing Tsinghua Tongheng Urban Planning & Design
Institute (pictured above).
Landscape Institute Fellows’ Award
The subject chosen by the Fellows for this year’s Fellows
Award is ‘Creating Healthy Places’ for which the winner is Beech Gardens and The High Walk, Barbican Estate,
Nigel Dunnett and the Landscape Agency. This project sets out to refresh
the external podium garden in the Barbican High Walk, an area devastated by
WWII which was redeveloped between 1960-1980. Landscape
Institute President’s Award
South Gardens, Elephant Park, Churchman Landscape
Architects, winner of the prestigious President’s Award for the Best Landscape Scheme of the Year,
delivers the first 360 new homes of Lendlease’s Elephant Park Masterplan, to
replace the former Heygate Estate in South London. South Gardens provides an
attractive sanctuary in central London – one which responds sensitively to the
surrounding architecture and its designated setting.
The
other winners for each Award category were:
Adding
Value Through Landscape / Environmental Improvement Award
Winner: Maritime Streets, Farrer Huxley Associates (pictured below)
Barrow in Furness has a rich industrial heritage, but
the decline in traditional industry has resulted in a degraded landscape around
Maritime Streets. The brief was to improve the public realm, creating a
landscape that would that kick-start economic and social growth.
Design for
a Small Scale Development Award
Winner: South Gardens, Elephant Park, Churchman Landscape Architects
This design provides a case study of the residential
landscape as an urban sanctuary in London, which places the community, wellness
and ecology at its heart, with communal courtyards and the incorporation of
green roofs.
Design for
a Medium Scale Development Award
Winner: Aberfeldy phases 1 and 2, Levitt Bernstein
Providing more than 1,000 affordable homes set around
new green spaces and using pedestrian and cycle strategies to break down the
barriers of the A13 and A12 highways in Highland Perthshire.
Design for
a Large Scale Development Award
Winner: Learning Forest, Singapore Botanic Gardens, Stephen Caffyn Landscape
Design (pictured below)
An educational rainforest experience in the heart of
the city with canopy walkways, wetland boardwalks and stepping stones.
Design for
a Temporary Landscape Project Award
Winner: Forest of Imagination, Grant Associates
A temporary annual transformation of a public space
in Bath made from borrowed, found or recycled materials highlights the
importance of sustainability.
Communications
and Presentation Award
Winner: Bluegreen Liverpool, reShaped
Bluegreen built interventions is designed to engage
people through their own curiosity, creating talking points and inspiring
action. Connections were developed during design workshops and walks, involving
over 400 members of the public.
Heritage
and Conservation Award
Winner: Cassiobury Park, LUC
This park was the last surviving portion of the great
country seat of the Earls of Essex. The project aimed to restore and reveal the
lost character and features of this 380-year-old designed landscape, while also
revitalising the ‘People’s Park’.
Science,
Management and Stewardship Award
Winner: Thamesmead, Land Management Services
Over the next 20 to 30 years, it is anticipated that
Thamesmead Estate in East London will be transformed, with a commitment by
Peabody to invest an estimated £1bn in housing, green infrastructure, waterways
and promoting economic prosperity.
Landscape
Policy and Research Award
Winner: Wandle Vistas, Untitled Practice Ltd and Fiona Fyfe Associates
Celebrates the under-represented qualities of
Surrey’s Wandle Valley, from downland to delta and offering community-inspired
legacy, including the training of local volunteers.
Local
Landscape Planning Award
Winner: Connecting Burton and the Trent Washlands: A New Vision,
Black and Veatch Ltd
Combining Ecosystems Services Valuations, and more
traditional heritage and landscape techniques, including hand-drawn
visualisations, to connect Burton to the Trent Washlands in Staffordshire.
Strategic
Landscape Planning Award
Winner: London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Parks and Open Spaces Strategy and
Corporate Natural Capital Accounts, Jon Sheaff and Associates
Aiming to develop a new parks and open spaces
strategy for this London borough, the project recognised the significant
challenges faced by the council and the opportunities presented by good-quality
parks in delivering positive outcomes for communities and for the borough as a
whole.
Urban
Design and Masterplanning Award
Winner: Residential Regeneration at Poole Park Road, Barne Barton,
Plymouth, Clifton Emery Design
Plans are underway to transform the site of the
largest naval estate in the UK, introducing a mixture of flats, houses and
community spaces that create sustainable and vibrant places to live.
Strategic
ecology, horticulture and planting design
Winner: Beech Gardens and The High Walk, Barbican Estate, Nigel
Dunnett and the Landscape Agency
By completely replanting the podium level at Beech
Gardens and the High Walk in the Barbican Estate, this project aimed to create
an exemplar of sustainable climate-adapted urban landscape planting.
Student
Dissertation Award
Winner: Displaced Ecosystems: Can implementing an ecosystem services approach
improve the quality and sustainability of refugee settlements? Joelle Darby
This study aimed to assess whether implementing an
ecosystem services approach in the planning of refugee settlements can improve
the wellbeing of residents, as well as the host community. It looked at
mitigating against negative environmental impact on sites after settlements
have been dismantled.
Student
Portfolio Award
Winner: Indulge me, Michael Ekers
‘Indulge Me’ looked at how digital, analogue and
hybrid forms of representation can be used to communicate landscape’s visceral
and ineffable qualities.
Client of
the Year Award
Winner: HUB (in collaboration with B|D
Landscape Architects)
HUB has built a reputation around a new way of
thinking about property development – putting their residents and investors at
the heart of their strategy to develop homes.
New
Landscape Professional of the Year Award
Winner: Anneliese Walker
Anneliese passed her P2C exam on the 1st June 2018 to become a Chartered Member of the Landscape Institute
(CMLI) and actively encourages others to consider looking at chartership,
whilst sharing her experiences with the pathway.
Volunteer
of the Year Award
Winner: Mike Browell
Mike has 40 years’ experience as a leading landscape
architect, arboriculturalist and ecologist. He has been nominated by the
Yorkshire and Humberside LI branch for over 30 years of volunteering.
